The assignment stems from a 1989 essay titled “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” which was written by feminist scholar and anti-racist activist Peggy McIntosh.

McIntosh’s talk, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” will focus on the role privilege plays in sustaining racism and other forms of prejudice. The co-founder of the National SEED ...

Feminist scholar and anti-racism educator Peggy McIntosh famously described white privilege as an “invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, ...

The assignment stems from a 1989 essay titled "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," which was written by feminist scholar and anti-racist activist Peggy McIntosh.

A health sciences course offered at Ohio State University purportedly pushed students to confront their "white" and "heterosexual" privilege. The grant-funded course is titled "Individual ...

In her essay White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh explained, “Access to privilege doesn’t determine one’s outcomes, but it is an asset that makes it more likely ...

A report from Parents Defending Education alleges that since 2021, the Department of Education has awarded over $200 million to 53 universities for DEI programs.

While unpacking your invisible knapsack is never easy, everyone needs to understand their privilege. To live in a society where everyone receives equal treatment, Black men have to check their ...

White blindness, the phenomenon of racism being invisible to white people, is a result of society’s actions and assumptions, and can be overcome by being open to learning and engaging in auth… ...